Why customers choose Zoom Whiteboard over the competition

Skip the complicated, standalone software and unlock visual collaboration with an intuitive solution that’s already part of your Zoom Workplace plan.

Why choose Zoom Whiteboard?

Full feature functionality

Full feature functionality

From dynamic mind mapping to interactive presentations, Zoom Whiteboard delivers a robust visual collaboration experience with the features your teams need to succeed.

Seamless platform integrations

Seamless platform integrations

Experience the freedom of creating a whiteboard in a fully connected ecosystem where your entire team can collaborate across Zoom's platform without wrestling with multiple logins or links.

More value and more access

More value and more access

Built into your Zoom Workplace plan, Zoom Whiteboard delivers the core collaboration tools and features your entire team needs without requiring extra subscriptions.

Use cases
Use cases

All the best whiteboard features you want, plus the collaboration tools you love

The whiteboard solution you expect — and much more

Everything you want in an online whiteboard tool, except the cost of paying for a separate whiteboard platform.

  • Create flowcharts, diagrams, and more with AI-first workflows.
  • Document ideas with sticky notes, comments, and live reactions.
  • Keep branding consistent with organization-wide shared asset libraries.
The whiteboard solution you expect — and much more
Zoom vs. the competition
Zoom vs. the competition

See how Zoom Whiteboard stacks up against Miro

Zoom Whiteboard
Miro
Pricing

Add-on Whiteboard Unlimited to any Zoom
Workplace plan starting at $2.07/month/
user

 

Whiteboard Basic is included in Zoom
Workplace Basic (free) and Pro plans

 

Whiteboard Unlimited is included with Zoom
Workplace Business, Business Plus, and
Enterprise Essentials

 

Whiteboard Plus, our most comprehensive
plan, is included in Enterprise Plus or as a
separate add-on

$8-$16/month/seat

Edit permissions

Zoom Workplace free and paid
plans allow invited users to edit
boards they are granted access to

Enterprise free users are
restricted to view and comment

Whiteboarding and creation tools

Digital whiteboard tools like
annotations, text, notes, shapes,
lines, and images

Advanced diagramming functionality

Create meaningful whiteboards
with extensive icon and shape
libraries, connectors, alignment
and snapping functionality, and
layers

Zoom Workplace free and paid
plans allow invited users to edit
boards they are granted access to

Manage custom organization-
wide shape libraries

Miro does not support
organization-wide shape
libraries

Project management and agile tools

Create tables, mind maps, cards,
Kanban, and flowcharts

Integrate with third-party project
management tools (Jira, Asana,
Azure DevOps)Integrate with
third-party project management
tools (Jira, Asana, Azure DevOps)

Templates

Create a whiteboard quickly with access to 250+
customizable templates

Content import and export

Import PDFs, PPTs, and docs directly from OneDrive
and Google Drive

Embed whiteboards in Zoom Docs and other doc
apps like Coda and Confluence

Export whiteboards as a PDF, PPT, CSV, or image file

AI-first tools

Use text prompts to jumpstart whiteboard creation —
generate text, tables, notes, mind maps, and
flowcharts

Use AI to organize and classify notes

Content organization and recovery

Create multi-page boards

Miro does not support pages

Access version history, advanced grouping and
sorting, and live activity logs

Presentation and facilitation tools

Engage audiences with intuitive tools like
presentation mode, follow-along, frames, laser
pointer, timer, and voting sessions

Hardware integrations & Zoom Room devices

Quickly and easily share a whiteboard to a Zoom
Room device

Miro does not support a process to quickly share a whiteboard

Quickly create a whiteboard and easily assign
ownership of it on a Zoom Room device

Miro does not support a process to easily assign
ownership of a whiteboard

Support for most digital touch displays

Built-in collaboration tools

Collaborate fully within Zoom — no need to switch
between apps

Miro is a standalone app/website

Access host controls for advanced in-meeting
permission management, and non-authenticated
access in-meeting

Miro does not support meeting-specific permission
controls

Create and share a whiteboard in-meeting

Launch Zoom Meetings with whiteboard participants

Sharing controls, guest and visitor management

Manage access to whiteboards, including co-owners,
locking, sharing restrictions, and visitor links

*Feature comparisons based on publicly available information as of April 2025.

Zoom vs. the competition
Zoom vs. the competition

See how Zoom Whiteboard stacks up against Mural

Zoom Whiteboard
Mural
Pricing

Whiteboard Basic is included in Zoom
Workplace Basic (free) and Pro plans

 

Whiteboard Unlimited is included with Zoom
Workplace Business, Business Plus, and
Enterprise Essentials

 

Whiteboard Plus, our most comprehensive
plan, is included in Enterprise Plus or as a
separate add-on

Free tier

 

$9.99-$17.99/month/user (billed annually)

Basic whiteboarding tools

Digital whiteboard tools like
annotations, text, notes, shapes,
lines, and images

Advanced collaboration objects

Involve whiteboard participants
with action buttons, code blocks,
cards, and stamps

Advanced diagramming functionality

Create meaningful whiteboards
with extensive icon and shape
libraries, connectors, alignment
and snapping functionality, and
layers

Manage custom organization-
wide shape libraries

Project management and agile tools

Create tables, mind maps, cards,
Kanban, and flowcharts

Integrate with 3rd-party project
management tools (Jira, Asana,
Azure DevOps)

Templates

Create a whiteboard quickly with
access to 250+ customizable
templates

Content import and export

Import PDFs, PPTs, and docs directly from OneDrive
and Google Drive

Embed whiteboards in Zoom Docs and other doc
apps like Coda and Confluence

Mural does not support editable embed views in
other doc apps

Export whiteboards as a PDF, PPT, CSV, or image file

Mural does not support export as PPT files

AI-first tools

Use Zoom AI Companion for advanced diagram
creation — generate tables, mind maps, and
flowcharts

Mural does not support advanced diagram creation
using AI

Use Zoom AI Companion to generate notes and text,
as well as organize and classify notes

Content organization and recovery

Create multi-page boards

Access version history, advanced grouping and
sorting, and live activity logs

Importer tools

Use migration tools to import whiteboard content
from Miro, Mural, Lucid, and Visio

Presentation and facilitation tools

Engage audiences with intuitive tools like
presentation mode, follow-along, frames, laser
pointer, timer, and voting sessions

Collaboration platform integrations

Stay in sync on team projects with Zoom Team Chat,
tightly woven into Zoom Workplace

Mural does not support Zoom Team Chat

Integrate with third-party communication tools like
Microsoft Teams and Slack

Hardware integrations & Zoom Room devices

Quickly and easily share a whiteboard to a Zoom
Room device

Mural does not support a process to quickly share a
whiteboard

Quickly create a whiteboard and easily assign
ownership of it on a Zoom Room device

Mural does not support a process to easily assign
ownership of a whiteboard

Support for most digital touch displays

Built-in collaboration tools

Collaborate fully within Zoom — no need to switch
between apps

Mural is a standalone app/website

Access host controls for advanced in-meeting
permission management, and non-authenticated
access in-meeting

Mural does not support meeting-specific  permission controls

Create and share a whiteboard in-meeting

Launch Zoom Meetings with whiteboard participants

Live embed

Embed live whiteboards in Zoom Docs

Mural does not support embedding in Zoom Docs

Embed live whiteboards in third-party tools Coda and Confluence

Mural does not support live editing embed

Sharing controls, guest and visitor management

Manage access to whiteboards, including co-owners,
locking, sharing restrictions, and visitor links

Projects and organization

Make collaborative projects easy to manage by
tagging favorite whiteboards

Find whiteboards easily with dashboard search, sort
and filter, or title and content search

Enterprise-level access controls

Enhance security and access with SSO, 2FA, sharing
policies, account sharing settings, and admin roles

Encryption and data residency

Encryption, Customer Managed Keys, data in transit,
and residency controls

Compliance and content management

Webhooks and APIs, archiving tools, activity logs,
content management tools, Theta Lake support, data
retention policies, custom disclaimers, analytics dashboards

Zoom Compliance Manager, providing data
governance, information protection, risk
management, and communications compliance
across the Zoom platform

Mural does not support Zoom Compliance Manager

*Feature comparisons based on publicly available information as of April 2025.

Zoom vs. the competition
Zoom vs. the competition

See how Zoom Whiteboard stacks up against Lucidchart

Zoom Whiteboard
Lucidchart + Lucidspark
Pricing

Whiteboard Basic is included in Zoom
Workplace Basic (free) and Pro plans

 

Whiteboard Unlimited is included with Zoom
Workplace Business, Business Plus, and
Enterprise Essentials

 

Whiteboard Plus, our most comprehensive
plan, is included in Enterprise Plus or as a
separate add-on

Free tier

 

$13.50-$15/month/user (bundle with Lucidchart and Lucidspark)

Edit permissions

Zoom Workplace free and paid
plans allow invited users to edit
boards they are granted access to

Limited to paid users

Basic whiteboarding tools

Digital whiteboard tools like
annotations, text, notes, shapes,
lines, and images

Basic diagramming functionality

All of the tools you need for
online whiteboarding, including
shape and icon libraries, connectors, and
alignment and snapping functionality

Advanced diagramming functionality

Create advanced diagrams with
layers, extensive line types, and
containers

Manage custom organization-
wide shape libraries

Project management and agile tools

Create tables, mind maps, cards,
Kanban, and flowcharts

Integrate with 3rd-party project
management tools (Jira, Asana,
Azure DevOps)

Create a whiteboard quickly with
access to 250+ customizable
templates

Content import and export

Import PDFs, PPTs, and docs directly from OneDrive
and Google Drive

Embed whiteboards in Zoom Docs and other doc
apps like Coda and Confluence

Export whiteboards as a PDF, PPT, CSV, or image file

AI-first tools Generate text / tables /  notes / mind maps / flow charts, organize and classify notes

Use text prompts to jumpstart whiteboard creation —
generate text, tables, notes, mind maps, and
flowcharts

Use AI to organize and classify notes

Content organization and recovery

Create multi-page boards

Access version history, advanced grouping and
sorting, and live activity logs

Importer tools

Use migration tools to import whiteboard content
from Miro, Mural, Lucid, and Visio

Presentation and facilitation tools

Engage audiences with intuitive tools like
presentation mode, follow-along, frames, laser
pointer, timer, and voting sessions

Collaboration platform integrations

Stay in sync on team projects with Zoom Team Chat,
tightly woven into Zoom Workplace

Lucidchart does not support Zoom Team Chat

Integrate with third-party communication tools like
Microsoft Teams and Slack

Hardware integrations & Zoom Room devices

Quickly and easily share a whiteboard to a Zoom
Room device

Lucidchart does not support a process to quickly
share a whiteboard

Quickly create a whiteboard and easily assign
ownership of it on a Zoom Room device

Lucidchart does not support a process to easily
assign ownership of a whiteboard

Support for most digital touch displays

Built-in collaboration tools

Collaborate fully within Zoom — no need to switch
between apps

Lucidchart is a standalone app/website

Access host controls for advanced in-meeting
permission management, and non-authenticated
access in-meeting

Lucidchart does not support meeting-specific 
permission controls

Create and share a whiteboard in-meeting

Launch Zoom Meetings with whiteboard participants

Live embed

Embed live whiteboards in Zoom Docs

Embed live whiteboards in third-party tools Coda and
Confluence

Sharing controls, guest and visitor management

Manage access to whiteboards, including co-owners,
locking, sharing restrictions, and visitor links

Projects and organization

Make collaborative projects easy to manage by
tagging favorite whiteboards

Find whiteboards easily with dashboard search, sort
and filter, or title and content search

Enterprise-level access controls

Enhance security and access with SSO, 2FA,
sharing policies, account sharing settings, and admin roles

Encryption and data residency

Encryption, Customer Managed Keys, data in transit,
and residency controls

Compliance and content management

Webhooks and APIs, archiving tools, activity logs,
content management tools, Theta Lake support, data
retention policies, custom disclaimers, analytics
dashboards

Zoom Compliance Manager, providing data
governance, information protection, risk
management, and communications compliance
across the Zoom platform

Lucidchart does not support Zoom Compliance
Manager

*Feature comparisons based on publicly available information as of April 2025.

How to switch to Zoom Whiteboard from another whiteboard platform

We know migrations take work, and that’s why we’re here to assist you along the way. Choose the migration option that works best for you and your teams.

  • Option 1 - Import files manually
  • Option 2 - Automate migration using an API importer [Coming soon]
  • Option 3 - Work directly with an official Zoom partner to meet your specific migration needs with a white-glove approach
How to switch to Zoom Whiteboard from another whiteboard platform
 

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